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A review by niconorico
Dance of the Dialectic: Steps in Marx's Method by Bertell Ollman
3.0
The essays in this composition overlap far too much in their explanation of concepts and parts of concepts, in a way that felt not just thoughtless but disrespectful. There are valuable insights here—certainly the man knows his Marx—but it can be a slog at times wading through increasingly overfamiliar territory.
Though this isn't weighed in the rating, I was hoping that the focus would be less on Marx and more on dialectics itself. This kind of approach has always struck me as insufficiently materialist. Still, Olmann does provide valuable insights.
Though this isn't weighed in the rating, I was hoping that the focus would be less on Marx and more on dialectics itself. This kind of approach has always struck me as insufficiently materialist. Still, Olmann does provide valuable insights.